Cuba's Move Toward Freedom, as in Software
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| In May 2005, the head of the Office for Computerizing Cuban Society, Roberto
| del Puerto, announced that the government was preparing for its central
| administration offices to switch to the free GNU/Linux system, which uses the
| Linux kernel written by Linus Torvalds of Finland in 1991. A national group
| was formed for this purpose.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/59545.html
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Cuba embraces migration to free and open source software
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| Cuba's Cabinet also has urged a shift from proprietary software. The customs
| service has gone to Linux and the ministries of culture, higher education and
| communications are planning to do so, Rodriguez said.
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| And students in his own department are cooking up a version of Linux called
| Nova, based on Gentoo distribution of the operating system. The ministry of
| higher education is developing its own.
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http://www.cubaheadlines.com/2007/08/02/4878/cuba_embraces_open_source_software.html
Cuba Embraces Open-Source Software
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| Both governments say they are trying to wean state agencies from
| Microsoft's proprietary Windows to the open-source Linux operating
| system, which is developed by a global community of programmers
| who freely share their code.
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| Other countries have tried similar moves. China, Brazil and
| Norway have encouraged the development of Linux for a variety
| of reasons: Microsoft's near-monopoly over operating systems,
| the high cost of proprietary software and security problems.
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CUBA_SOFTWARE?SITE=WIRE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
http://tinyurl.com/29dejf
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